The Bryant Park Hotel

18.5

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The American Radiator building is a strange and imposing landmark, a black-and-gold gothic skyscraper, towering above Bryant Park like something out of a comic book. How pleasantly surprising, then, to find that it houses a boutique hotel that is as sober and restrained as many of its competitors are loud and garish.

Restrained doesn’t mean boring—just that the Bryant Park hotel eschews the kind of flashy showmanship that has become all too familiar in the boutique hotel world. The lobby, though decked out in rather unconventional black terra cotta and red leather, feels as serious as the building’s facade, without too-clever furniture or whimsical sculptural statements, and the Cellar Bar is true to its roots as well, with vaulted ceilings and tilework reminiscent of nothing so much as a restored subway station.

All the architectural sobriety doesn’t seem to be cramping the clientele’s style, especially during fashion week, which turns the park into an exhibition hall and momentarily makes the Bryant Park Hotel the most desirable address in New York.

As for the accommodations, a complete renovation from the American Radiator days apparently meant the death of many an interior wall—the rooms today are spacious, especially for a midtown hotel, and boast loft-style hardwood floors. Views tend toward the extraordinary, looking over Bryant Park, and some rooms come with private terraces, not at all New York standard. Expect lush goose-down duvets and rich linens, and massive tubs and sinks in the travertine bathrooms.

The cachet-meter has risen another notch or two with the opening of the New York outpost of LA’s painfully hip KOI sushi restaurant. Yet another reason for Bryant Park regulars to stop worrying about Soho and learn to love midtown.

This hotel includes the following special privileges for Plus Members only:

Complimentary upgrade upon hotel check-in, based upon availability

Guaranteed 4pm check-out

Two large bottles of Saratoga Water in room ( a value of US$ 10 per bottle)

One complimentary glass of champagne or one cocktail, per guest, upon arrival (depending on drink, an approximate value of US$ 15 per drink)

You can purchase Tablet Plus during your booking for 195 US$.
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239 Guest Reviews

What I liked:

What the hotel could do better:

The doormen are lazy. We had a stroller. There seemed to be an inability to help open the second door on the way in and out of the hotel. To be honest, assistance opening the front doors was patchy.

The staff in the Koi restaurant in the morning were unhelpful. When we decided to try it, my family of 4, which included two children, was left to stand at the door for 2-3 minutes while he continued with paperwork. We left and went to a place down the road and did not return there.

Fredric

Stayed January 2010

Rating: Good

What I liked:

The location was perfect and the room was excellent. I will return here the next time!

What the hotel could do better:

Nothing; Had a wonderful stay!

van Nieuwkerk

Stayed December 2009

Rating: Excellent

What I liked:

Our room (junior suite nr. 1108) was more like a living room than a hotel room with a lovely view onto Bryant Park and the surrounding skyscrapers. Lovely location not only for new year's eve. Staff was extremely friendly and helpful. Just the opposite to our experience with the staff at the Delano in Miami during the same trip - we felt much more valued as guests and customers at the Bryant Park Hotel